On this great solemnity, we celebrate Our Lady’s first and most important title as the “Holy Mother of God.” The Blessed Virgin was able to know and do God’s will primarily by reflecting on events that happened and were happening.
Read MoreThe family is the “Sanctuary of Life” and the basic cell of society. The Holy Family, of course, is unique. One member is God, another is sinless, and the third is a saint. But the great lesson of today is that although God could have come into the world in any way he pleased, he chose to become a member of a family, obedient to his earthly parents, and yet totally devoted to the Heavenly Father’s will, as we all must be.
Read MoreOn a night more than 2000 years ago, something extraordinary happened. And no one noticed. A child wasborn in a cave and laid not in a warm bed, but in the feeding box of the animals housed in that cave.
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